38 repairs · priced · updated September 2026

Houston Roof Repair Cost Guide

Every repair JC&C Roofing Company sells across Greater Houston, with the price beside it. Not a range designed to get us in your driveway — the number we quote. Find your part in the pictures below, read what it costs, and take this list to two other companies.

• $149 cheapest item listed
• $0 for the inspection
• 2 years warranty on every repair
• Since 2013 · zero BBB complaints

• Find your repair
• Every price
• What moves the number
• Who pays
• Ventilation
• Questions

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  Missing ridge cap

  The capping shingles along the peak. First thing wind takes, and the roof is open once it goes.

  $195or about $6.00 per linear foot

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  Roof valley leak

  Where two roof planes meet. All the water on your roof travels through here, so it fails first and it leaks worst.

  $840–$1,300depends on length and complexity

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  Roof wall flashing

  Where the roof meets a wall. Usually installed wrong or missing entirely, rather than damaged — and the deck behind it is often gone by the time anyone looks.

  from $795labor & materials

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  Chimney flashing

  The metal sealing the chimney to the roof. A very common source of a leak blamed on the chimney itself.

  $1,200–$1,500labor & materials

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  Chimney siding

  The cladding on a framed chimney chase. Rots from the top down once the cap or flashing fails.

  $1,200 / $900by size and material

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  Plumbing vent flashing

  The rubber boot around the pipe. It splits in the Houston sun and is the single most common leak we find.

  $225labor & materials

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  HVAC flashing

  Where the furnace or water heater vents through the roof. One of the most common repairs we are called out for — base, collar and cap all replaced and resealed.

  $350base, collar & cap

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  Taper roof jack

  The metal jack that seals a vent pipe where it comes through the roof. Sized to the pipe, 6″ or 8″.

  $275labor & materials

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  Rotten plywood / decking

  Wood rot under the shingles. Found once the roof is opened, which is why a leak repair can grow.

  $150per repair AREA, not per sheet

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  Shingle repair area

  A damaged or missing patch of shingles, matched as closely as stock allows.

  from $225labor & materials

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  Skylight flashing

  Skylights rarely leak through the glass. They leak at the flashing around them.

  from $495labor & materials

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  Ridge vent repair

  Exhaust along the peak. Only worth having if the plywood strip beside it is wide enough to carry it.

  $350or $8–$11 per linear foot

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  Roof turbine

  Spinning exhaust vent. Cheap to fit, and the bearings are usually what failed.

  $350install · labor & materials

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  Dome vent, plastic replaced with metal

  The shingles are new and they do not even match the rest of the roof. The vents are the same cracked plastic ones, put back by the roofer who did the work. Underneath, the plywood was rotten across the whole area — replace every bad sheet or it leaks again straight through the deck.

  $375HCD144 in metal · decking priced separately

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  Roof louver, plastic

  IR65, RT65, IR61. Plastic curls, cracks and leaks in Texas heat, so we quote the aluminum instead — it costs a supplier a few dollars more.

  $225replaced with aluminum

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  Emergency tarp installation

  Water coming in tonight and the repair cannot happen today. We tarp it, fasten it properly, and price the real repair afterward.

  from $150same day where we can reach you

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  Undereave intake vent

  The half of the ventilation system that is usually missing. Without intake, every vent on your roof is decoration.

  $125aluminum or plastic

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  AtticBreeze solar vent

  Solar exhaust, no electrician and no wiring. Priced by roof complexity, capacity, color and model — and cheaper installed with a new roof than added later.

  from $1,200installed

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  Clay or concrete tile

  Tile does not fail like shingle. It breaks where someone walked on it.

  from $750per repair area · $325 per tile

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  TPO membrane repair

  A puncture or a failed seam on a flat roof. Welded, not caulked — a patch that is only glued down will lift again by next summer.

  from $495labor & materials

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  Roof tune-up

  Everything resealed and re-nailed before it becomes a leak. The cheapest thing on this page.

  from $199whole roof

• What these prices assume

  • A single-story or two-story roof we can reach with our own ladders
  • Shingle in stock, or close enough to match
  • One repair area, not several scattered across the roof
  • Labor and materials both included

• What is quoted separately

  • Steep or high roofs needing extra fall protection
  • Decking found rotten once the roof is opened — $150 per repair area
  • Tile we have to source rather than reuse
  • Anything the inspection says should be a replacement, not a repair

• Height and pitch

  A single-story roof you can walk is the price on the list. A steep or third-story roof needs fall protection and two people, and that is real added cost, not a markup.

• How many areas

  One repair area is one price. Four leaks in four corners is four setups, four tear-backs and four seals. It is not four times cheaper because we are already here — but it should not be four times the price either.

• What is underneath

  Nobody knows the decking is rotten until the shingles come off. That is $150 per repair area, and it is the one thing on this page that can appear after we have quoted. We photograph it before we touch it.

• Access

  A gate too narrow for a ladder, a pool under the work area, a two-story courtyard with no way in. Rare, but it changes the day.

• Matching material

  Shingle in stock is the list price. A discontinued color or a tile we have to source costs what it costs, and we will show you the invoice.

• Insurance will not pay

  Defective installation

  Nails driven high or overdriven, valleys detailed wrong, flashing skipped where the roof meets a wall, no intake ventilation. The roof was built this way.

  It usually shows up three to eight years in, and it looks exactly like storm damage to anyone who was not on the roof when it went on.

  Your roofer’s workmanship warranty — if it still exists.

• Almost never covered

  Wear and tear

  Granules gone, mat exposed, boots cracked open by fifteen Houston summers. Nothing failed suddenly; it simply ran out.

  Every policy in Texas excludes this. A claim here is usually denied, and a denied claim still sits on your record.

  You. Repair it, or plan the replacement.

• This is what a policy is for

  Storm damage

  Hail bruises with a datable strike, creased or lifted shingles from a wind event, impact damage. Something happened on a day you can name.

  This is the one worth documenting properly — photographs, measurements, the storm date. We document it whether or not you file.

  Your insurer, minus your deductible.

• The in half

  Intake

  Lives low — in the soffit under the eave, or cut into the deck near the bottom of the slope. It is the half we find missing on most Houston attics.

  Vented soffit is the industry standard and still the best, but the common 1½-inch soffit vent rarely pulls enough air. The 4-inch perforated soffit vent is the one to ask for.

  And having the right soffit vent is not the end of it: if the attic insulation has been blown over the top of it, the whole system is useless. We check that from inside the attic, not from the driveway.

• The out half

  Exhaust

  Lives high — along the ridge, or in the top third of the slope. This is the half almost every roof already has, and the half most people mean when they say “ventilation.”

  Exhaust types should not be mixed on the same attic space. A ridge vent and a set of turbines on the same run will short-circuit each other, pulling air from one another instead of from the eave.

  One more thing to watch on ridge vents: the plywood strip beside the ridge has to be wide enough. 24 inches is ideal, 16 will work. Too narrow and the deck goes flimsy, breaks underfoot, and becomes the leak.

Exhaust vents — what we install and what we refuse to

• We install

  Ridge vent

  Made in 9-inch and 12-inch. Only the 12-inch is worth installing. Quiet, invisible from the street, and the best exhaust on a roof with a long enough ridge.

• We install

  Turbine

  12-inch and 14-inch, internally or externally braced. Cheap, effective, and it keeps working in the light breeze that is most of a Houston afternoon.

• We install

  Aluminum AirHawk and metal louvers

  The metal version of the same vent costs a supplier a few dollars more than the plastic one. That is the entire price difference, and it is why we do not stock the plastic.

• Never

  Plastic AirHawks, plastic turtle vents, plastic domes

  They curl, crack and leak in Texas heat. After rubber pipe boots, plastic vents are the second most repaired item on Houston roofs. We replace them with aluminum.

• Conditional

  Power attic vent — metal only

  Price moves with roof complexity and motor capacity, and the electrical connection needs a licensed electrician, not a roofer. We will say so before you buy one.

• Conditional

  Solar attic vent

  Attic Breeze is the best of them. Priced by roof complexity, capacity, color and model, and noticeably cheaper installed with a new roof than added later.

Intake vents — the half that is usually missing

• Best

  4-inch perforated vented soffit

  The most common intake in the industry and still the best, as long as it is the 4-inch and the insulation is not sitting on top of it.

• Best

  O’Hagin vent

  The simplest honest way to add real intake to an attic that has none. Reasonable to install, long-lived, and the manufacturer actually answers the phone.

• Rarely

  CertainTeed Intake Vent, Lomanco Deck Air

  Hard to install and easy to break once they age. We use them in Houston only alongside a mechanical exhaust system, not on their own.

• Rarely

  GAF Intake Pro Vent

  Lasts longer and the support behind it is excellent, but it is expensive, difficult to install and does not produce enough intake on its own for a Houston attic.

Every vent and every intake price is in the full price table above.

• Which line item is this? If the quote says “repair roof leak” with no part named, you cannot compare it to anything.
• How much decking is included? Rotten plywood is the single most common surprise on a final invoice. Ask before, not after.
• Is the inspection free, and do I keep the photographs? Some companies charge for the estimate. Ask that on the phone.
• What does the workmanship warranty cover, and for how long? In writing. A material warranty is not a workmanship warranty.